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Table driven design system and method

  • US 6,704,917 B1
  • Filed: 11/21/2000
  • Issued: 03/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A table-driven system for guiding a user through the design of an electronic component, said system comprising:

  • a) a plurality of design tables, said design tables adapted to store data relating to at least one said electronic component and logic related to the design of said electronic component;

    b) a modular program adapted to extract said data from said plurality of design tables and prompt said user with options, said modular program containing system logic designed to utilize said data in said guiding of said user, said prompted options limited by said system logic and at least one of said plurality of design tables in accordance with the feasibility of the design of said electronic component; and

    c) at least one terminal adapted to allow said user to make selections from said prompted options and to modify the design of said electronic component, wherein the feasibility of the design of said electronic component is determined according to logic in said design tables as said user makes said selections from said prompted options such that upon completion of said selections, said electronic component design is feasible.

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